2ND SUMMATIVE TEST IN RESEARCH 2

I. True or false.

1. Research topic is the general area of interest that you would like to pursue in your research.
2. You must make sure that you have Interest to utilize in exploring your chosen topic.
3. A research topic must have relevance that relates to your needs.
4. Manageability means that your research topic can be studied within your abilities, and must be doable within
your abilities.
5. Must have available resources that appeal to the readers of your study and encourage you to continue pursuing
it.
6. The research problem is the statement of an issue in your chosen research topic which your study aims to
investigate.
7. A quantitative research question may begin with who.
8. In a correlational study, the specific research questions usually start with the phrase “what is the relationship...”
9. A descriptive quantitative study uses specific research questions begins with phrases such as “to what extent”
or “how frequent”.
10. The specific research objectives do not have to anchored on the general research objectives.
11. In establishing the research gap, you are able to explain the issues in your field of study which have yet to be
looked into or addressed.
12. The significance of the study establishes the benefits and the impact of your research on other people.
13. The significance of the study may be omitted from the introduction of the paper.
14. Since the research title summarizes the content of a study, it needs to be concise and informative at the same
time.
15. It is preferable to use acronyms or abbreviations.
16. A research is an issue that has not been address by the previous studies.
17. The statement of the problem introduces important facets that establish the general context where the study
revolves.
18. Hypothesis is the tentative statement that defines the testable relationship you expect to see from examining
the variables.
19. A null hypothesis states that there is a relationship between the variables.
20. An alternative hypothesis states that there is no relationship between the variables.

II. Answer the following item.

RESEARCH TITLES:
a. The relationship between smoking and the health of the students.
b. The effect of Math applications to the performance of the students.
c. The effect of online English tutor to the communication skills of Chinese students.

1. Write one general objective and one specific objective according to the research title you are assigned.
2. Write the null and alternative hypothesis of the research title you are assigned.
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DIRECTIONS: Write True on the blank if the statement is true and FALSE if it is false.

__________1. A quantitative study cannot be conducted in different settings or contexts.

__________2. A quantitative study is less prone to researcher’s personal bias compared with a qualitative study.

__________3. A quantitative study primarily involves narratives and images.

__________4. A quantitative study should be used if the researcher’s aim is to establish the cause of a certain
phenomenon.

__________5. The use of the words relationship and effects in a research title mostly likely signify that a study
is quantitative.

__________6. Quantitative research focuses on human behavior.

__________7. Quantitative research involves as many participants as possible to obtain conclusive results.

__________8. Quantitative research uses an inductive approach in analyzing data.

__________9. Experimental quantitative research is often performed in a controlled setting.

__________10. A descriptive study aims to determine if one variable causes changes in another variable.

__________11. An experimental study is always quantitative.

__________12. All other things being equal, quasi-experimental study produces more conclusive results than
experimental study.

__________13. All types of quantitative research make use of independent variables.

__________14. Both quantitative and qualitative variables may be present in quantitative study.

__________15. All extraneous variables are confounding variables.